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a lot of experts are attributing this to the latino vote and that rowing latino population there. is that something both of you guys see and agree with and can you also speak to the latino vote in arizona and its impact? >> let me take the first attempt at that question and turn it to our panel is. all though we do know about arizona the whole immigration debate has served to penalize the latino electorate, much through s.b. 1070 and the efforts of sheriff arpaio with proposition 187 and governor wilson's re-election campaign that took on a very anti-immigrant tenor and that campaign and that legislative circuit penalize latinos in california to naturalize those who were already citizens registered to vote and i think we are seeing something similar in arizona where we are seeing an electorate that really energized in response to the measure that was taken. let's not forget arizona itself is a swing state although the stranded republican for many years. governor bill clinton, president bill clinton carried that state in israel at shin in 1996. ana or maria any comments? >> i think
a lot of experts are attributing this to the latino vote and that rowing latino population there. is that something both of you guys see and agree with and can you also speak to the latino vote in arizona and its impact? >> let me take the first attempt at that question and turn it to our panel is. all though we do know about arizona the whole immigration debate has served to penalize the latino electorate, much through s.b. 1070 and the efforts of sheriff arpaio with proposition 187 and...
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: first of all we can let these tax rates rise because so many new jerseyans and immigrants and the latino community disproportionately affected, work for these businesses that will be affected. one out of six americans work in the private sector, work for a small business, so we can't let these tax rates go up and you talk about access to capital. you know we overregulate the banks. we had some problems on wall street obviously and these guys passed a big massive regulatory bill that now ensures that businesses cannot get their loans. they can't meet their payroll. people want to go and refinance her house and they can't do it. and so, communities, all communities are holding their breath that we can do something differently. these guys haven't passed a budget in three years so why should we be surprised that they haven't done anything about the fiscal cliff that is coming? and a shortage of capital in and the access to capital. menendez: i didn't hear an answer to your question so let me try. first there will be no tax increases on new jerseyans or americans in january because we will no
: first of all we can let these tax rates rise because so many new jerseyans and immigrants and the latino community disproportionately affected, work for these businesses that will be affected. one out of six americans work in the private sector, work for a small business, so we can't let these tax rates go up and you talk about access to capital. you know we overregulate the banks. we had some problems on wall street obviously and these guys passed a big massive regulatory bill that now...
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i remember when i said i ran for mayor, that's where the latinos live. tonight when it come but anyway. you've got to focus if you want to win the election. so we rejected those notions from the beginning, knocked on every door and it made a difference. the fact that i am the first mayor to speak spanish is speaks volumes to the spanish speaking community. i remember doorknocking. i'm a wacko with red hair. if you don't speak spanish, no one is opening the door. i'm either crazy or more men knocking on the door. just to speak some of language, connect with somebody like no other. that is what was important to offer spanish classes and important for me to not only hire the best people, but look like people they can relate to because this is the one time thing where they are voting. it's a process. so why not for reelection again, what to make sure some of the steps we've done to have a more inclusive government, really made an impact because it's not going to happen when election. three of four elections down the road, do we see higher voter participation
i remember when i said i ran for mayor, that's where the latinos live. tonight when it come but anyway. you've got to focus if you want to win the election. so we rejected those notions from the beginning, knocked on every door and it made a difference. the fact that i am the first mayor to speak spanish is speaks volumes to the spanish speaking community. i remember doorknocking. i'm a wacko with red hair. if you don't speak spanish, no one is opening the door. i'm either crazy or more men...
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under 18 is latino. which explains why our electorate is growing as young people turn 18 years of age and enter the electorate. oops. i'd like to talk a little bit now about the impact latinos will have on congressional races. first, there are two latinos running for the united states senate. in arizona former surgeon general richard carmona is facing congressman jeff flake in the general election to succeed retiring u.s. senator jon kyl. it's a very competitive race. the former surgeon general actually has, i think, pretty good opportunities to be successful on november 6th. it's a race that's being watched nationally and may increase the number of latinos in the united states senate. in texas former solicitor general ted cruz has excellent opportunities to be elected on november 6th, becoming the first hispanic to represent texas in the united states senate. i'll get this direction right eventually. there we go. in the united states house, there are currently 24 latinos serving in the u.s. house of rep
under 18 is latino. which explains why our electorate is growing as young people turn 18 years of age and enter the electorate. oops. i'd like to talk a little bit now about the impact latinos will have on congressional races. first, there are two latinos running for the united states senate. in arizona former surgeon general richard carmona is facing congressman jeff flake in the general election to succeed retiring u.s. senator jon kyl. it's a very competitive race. the former surgeon general...
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and so when you see the debate over immigrants, and you have your experience dealing with the latino women of los angeles, your thoughts? >> guest: my thoughts are that this is a big country, and there's room for everybody, and i also think on a very personal level that we are on this earth to celebrate diversity, not to hate each other, but to respect each other. >> host: uh-huh. you feature in "the invisible wounds of war," the poems of brian turner. explain who he is. >> guest: brian turner. he comes from a military family, and as we know of families whether you're a police family or a fireman or professor or -- he decided to join the army. and he was majoring in literature in college and thinking about writing. and he went to iraq, and he had a totally -- he refers to himself as a witness. and he wrote two wonderful books of poems, one called "hear bullet," and the other is "phantom noise" which was about his experience in the war. they both won awards. i saw them in a magazine, i thought, i have to get to know this man. so we spoke on the phone. i did interview him. i got permis
and so when you see the debate over immigrants, and you have your experience dealing with the latino women of los angeles, your thoughts? >> guest: my thoughts are that this is a big country, and there's room for everybody, and i also think on a very personal level that we are on this earth to celebrate diversity, not to hate each other, but to respect each other. >> host: uh-huh. you feature in "the invisible wounds of war," the poems of brian turner. explain who he is....
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about 50% of our population is latino mostly puerto rican descent and a diversity as well. so i got elected last november. there were four of us running in the election. and nonpartisan race on the local level so the top vote getters faced off against each other in november. i won with 53% of the vote and i became mayor in january at the age of 22. then i turned 23 and i will be 24 and january so i'm quickly getting up there. [laughter] is a very stressful job but also very very rewarding. there is nothing more special than being a mayor in a city that you were born and where your family still lives in your friends are there and the school that you want to is distill their and your teachers are oftentimes still teaching the public schools. given my age -- it's been a rewarding experience and we are forecast on four different issues in particular, that is education. with a 53% graduation rate over four years so a lot of urban centers around the country. we do have challenges around education and their graduation rate. economic development like i said trying to convert from a
about 50% of our population is latino mostly puerto rican descent and a diversity as well. so i got elected last november. there were four of us running in the election. and nonpartisan race on the local level so the top vote getters faced off against each other in november. i won with 53% of the vote and i became mayor in january at the age of 22. then i turned 23 and i will be 24 and january so i'm quickly getting up there. [laughter] is a very stressful job but also very very rewarding....
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. >> winner of the american book award and international latino book award. part of booktv this weekend on c-span2. as we enter these last few months, one of the great untold stories is not just obama versus romney. it is obama versus karl rove. he has put together over $1 billion that will be spent in these last two months. here in new york are not going to see much of it. it will be spent in the battleground state. he has become king of the super pacs. $1.8 billion. to put that into perspective, in 2008, mccain had 375 million to spend. this is a factor of five. you're going to start seeing it come out now. the other thing that i wanted to discuss his who is he, what does he do? he is a political operative. well, how does he operate? what does he do? and i talked to a couple of sources about that. one, who is one of the victims, said that there is a dark and terrible beauty about what he does. and i had another was a former cia agent who told me that you know, the cia could learn a lot from karl rove. in the way that he has deniability and all these operati
. >> winner of the american book award and international latino book award. part of booktv this weekend on c-span2. as we enter these last few months, one of the great untold stories is not just obama versus romney. it is obama versus karl rove. he has put together over $1 billion that will be spent in these last two months. here in new york are not going to see much of it. it will be spent in the battleground state. he has become king of the super pacs. $1.8 billion. to put that into...
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come to this country and see the whole debate about immigrants and have the experience dealing with latino women of los angeles, what are your thoughts? >> guest: my thoughts are this is a big country and there is room for everybody. i also think on a personal level we're on this earth to celebrate diversity, not to hate each other but to respect each other. >> host: you feature in the invisible wounds of war, the poems of brian turner. explain who he is. >> guest: brian turner, he comes from a military family and as in all families whether it is a police family or a fireman or a professor, he decided to join the army, and, he was majoring in literature in college. and thinking about writing. and. he went to iraq. he had a totally, he refers to himself as a witness. he wrote two wonderful books of poems, one called, here bullet, and another, phantom noise. it was about his experience in the war. they both won awards. they both had a magazine. we spoke on the phone. i have did interview him. i got permission to use his poems. i thought it would be very interesting to see about a soldier who
come to this country and see the whole debate about immigrants and have the experience dealing with latino women of los angeles, what are your thoughts? >> guest: my thoughts are this is a big country and there is room for everybody. i also think on a personal level we're on this earth to celebrate diversity, not to hate each other but to respect each other. >> host: you feature in the invisible wounds of war, the poems of brian turner. explain who he is. >> guest: brian...
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now, part of it was you know, 66% of the vote among 18 to 29-year-olds, 67% of the vote among latino voters. african-american was like 95-4 or something like that and the poll has shown the african-american vote is rocksolid for the president and the numbers extremely high so lets let's just sort of assume rough parity with last time. but the question was, as you suggested the turnout levels among latino voters and i would add young voters very much questionable and when i have gone on campuses i cannot find a pulse. you saw a registration table registered to voters. there might be a couple of people behind the table to register people and nobody in front of the table registering. there's there is just no pulse there. is it safe to say that a seven-point margin becomes you know, six or five or four? sort of taking turnout down among these two groups? just by necessity this was going to be a lot closer. >> look in 2008, the president had to win this back. a seven-point margin for a democrat is big. that is a historic margin for a democrat. no, think all of us expected this to be a clo
now, part of it was you know, 66% of the vote among 18 to 29-year-olds, 67% of the vote among latino voters. african-american was like 95-4 or something like that and the poll has shown the african-american vote is rocksolid for the president and the numbers extremely high so lets let's just sort of assume rough parity with last time. but the question was, as you suggested the turnout levels among latino voters and i would add young voters very much questionable and when i have gone on campuses...
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. >> winner of the american book award and international latino book award, on growing an illegal alien in los angeles, sunday night. part of book tv this weekend on c-span2. >> here's a look at books being published. mark bowden, author of black hawk down, chronicles the hunt for osama bin laden called, the finish. the killing of osama bin laden. journalist michael dons recounts the last six months of world war ii and the beginning of the cold war, six months in 1945, from world war to cold war. >> and william skinner one of the founders of the american silk industry. a man who turned disaster into destiny. >> in master of the mountain, thomas jefferson and his slaves, historian winecheck friends the findings of recent archaeological work at jefferson's estate, monticello, and a science writer writes about the search for earth's twin. look for these titles in the coming week. >> 50 years ago, president job john f. kennedy was in the midst of the cuban missle crisis. >> george ball, johnson, george bundy. >> it's the 50th anniversary of the cuban missile crisis. with historyian, scholar
. >> winner of the american book award and international latino book award, on growing an illegal alien in los angeles, sunday night. part of book tv this weekend on c-span2. >> here's a look at books being published. mark bowden, author of black hawk down, chronicles the hunt for osama bin laden called, the finish. the killing of osama bin laden. journalist michael dons recounts the last six months of world war ii and the beginning of the cold war, six months in 1945, from world...
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obama has to have a double digit lead and he has to have 70% of latinos. romney has to have more than 60% of white men and this is where they are concentrating on these little tiny pieces right now that they are greeted try to move around and not get rattled. i can't place and if emphasis on early voting. the obama campaign takes the early voting so seriously. they hit the ground game that is totally devoted to this connect campaign manager says the idea is no r-ks. >> finish line, not where you start three >> if mitt romney loses a key figure going to look at why they didn't unveil the mitt romney that they saw in debate number one because that is a much different candidate. >> my guess is they had some focus groups that fought he looked too aggressive. >> you didn't need a focus group to tell you that. >> welcome i don't know. i think that they wheeled him in, don't you come seriously? he was so -- you said that in the beginning could he follow instructions because he had to kind of tone down a little bit. >> when he said you're probably right, that is p
obama has to have a double digit lead and he has to have 70% of latinos. romney has to have more than 60% of white men and this is where they are concentrating on these little tiny pieces right now that they are greeted try to move around and not get rattled. i can't place and if emphasis on early voting. the obama campaign takes the early voting so seriously. they hit the ground game that is totally devoted to this connect campaign manager says the idea is no r-ks. >> finish line, not...
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i think our hispanic and latino friends are terrific people. we have to come up with solutions here. i believe romney will do that as president, i'm going help him. i'm in a position to the committee and on want finance committee. >> moderator: a rebuttal? howell: i wish you would help president obama inspect is the essence of the problem. he's only going to help president romney. ladies and gentlemen, this is what the problem is back there. we have become so isolated. i'm going work with governor romney who become president or president obama. we have to make sure that we tackle the problem. for 36 years my opponent has been back there, we haven't had an solution. in ibm in the position you don't fix the problem, you are terminated. >> moderator: go to the next question the ceo of the farm bureau. it will go to mr. howell. >> senator hatch, mr. -- howell good to be here. a burden for the financial well being what do you propose to do to reduce government spending, cut the debt and secure our national security for the future. howell: thank rand
i think our hispanic and latino friends are terrific people. we have to come up with solutions here. i believe romney will do that as president, i'm going help him. i'm in a position to the committee and on want finance committee. >> moderator: a rebuttal? howell: i wish you would help president obama inspect is the essence of the problem. he's only going to help president romney. ladies and gentlemen, this is what the problem is back there. we have become so isolated. i'm going work with...
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and mexico 12, another latino country 6%. that is all for% in the emerging market. we have roughly speaking half of our earnings. the rest diversified in countries such as the u.s., u.k. or germany. that means diversification is their kiosk pectin understanding under the resilience against the crisis. the fact of having a decentralized city area, means that if any crisis were to happen in one of the markets in which we are, we are able to have a firewall around this element of christ is, affecting by the investment in those countries but that the spillover impact. when we present to the bank of spain, we underline the bank of spain, as one of the great bear. they standalone independent said series. with the fact of having the banking operation with the largest branch of the world give us access to stable liquidity dependent on financial market. we find ourselves basically the banking obligation, another interesting feature. to the extent, it is likely about 100% of 170%, which is practically funding our assets and with a very strong position, according to regulation
and mexico 12, another latino country 6%. that is all for% in the emerging market. we have roughly speaking half of our earnings. the rest diversified in countries such as the u.s., u.k. or germany. that means diversification is their kiosk pectin understanding under the resilience against the crisis. the fact of having a decentralized city area, means that if any crisis were to happen in one of the markets in which we are, we are able to have a firewall around this element of christ is,...
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and put their health come i went to ucla and then to harvard medical school where became the first latino to receive three graduate degrees from harvard. true to my promise, i came home as an er doctor at eisenhower medical center. i am living proof that the american dream. but for too many people, the american dream is endangered because washington is broken. too many workers have lost their jobs. too many retirees have lost their saving and too many students can't afford college. and congress and our congress on have lost touch with the people. instead of looking out for us, they are focused on partisan bickering, scoring political points of looking out for themselves and wealthy donors. congresswoman bono mack's response is more at the same. more bickering, more partisanship. and were looking out for yourself instead of us. instead of listening to people in proposing world solution, the congresswoman replies on the same partisan playbook that does nothing to create jobs or fixed income. watch tonight how many times you pass around empty phrases like liberal and big governments and nanc
and put their health come i went to ucla and then to harvard medical school where became the first latino to receive three graduate degrees from harvard. true to my promise, i came home as an er doctor at eisenhower medical center. i am living proof that the american dream. but for too many people, the american dream is endangered because washington is broken. too many workers have lost their jobs. too many retirees have lost their saving and too many students can't afford college. and congress...
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you start to see democrats, african-americans, latinos get excited after tonight's debate. >> the debate opened on a very fast pace. martha raddatz was not going to be jim lehrer and they started with an obvious vulnerability for the administration, which is benghazi. they had a very sharp exchange. and then not, one of ryan's soundbites of the night came out, which was the foreign policy is unraveling. i think where the clip of that exchange. flesh academy can talk about it. >> is this a massive intelligence failure, vice president i? >> it was a tragedy, martha appeared chris stevens was one of the best. i can make two commitments to you. one, we will find and bring to justice the men who did this. and secondly, we will get to the bottom of it. wherever the facts lead us, we'll make clear to the american public. whatever mistakes i made will not be made again. when you look in president, martha, it seems to me should look at his most important responsibility. that is caring for the national security of the country in the best ways to look at how he handled the issues of the day. >> con
you start to see democrats, african-americans, latinos get excited after tonight's debate. >> the debate opened on a very fast pace. martha raddatz was not going to be jim lehrer and they started with an obvious vulnerability for the administration, which is benghazi. they had a very sharp exchange. and then not, one of ryan's soundbites of the night came out, which was the foreign policy is unraveling. i think where the clip of that exchange. flesh academy can talk about it. >> is...
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it was attacks on veterans to speak about their military service or whether it is his discussions of latinos being dependent on government the way african-americans are or his attack on the president. i am proud of my military service ended as part of who i am and it's how i conduct myself. i've i have served my nation honorably. the real heroes are the men who saved me and every day i get up and work every day to serve my nation because i've had to make sure that i make the most of the second chapter of the life i have and carry myself with the responsibility. the military is about the mission. it's about getting the job done and making sure we come together and this hyperpartisan vitriol that comes out, and my opponent is known for that. in fact the "chicago tribune" when they endorse me said he is a hyperpartisan make a mouth. we don't need that in washington. walsh: at the beginning of every town hall to recognize those who have served and i've called them heroes because they are and i have called ms. duckworth a hero. the point i voiced it to make is this great country struggling right
it was attacks on veterans to speak about their military service or whether it is his discussions of latinos being dependent on government the way african-americans are or his attack on the president. i am proud of my military service ended as part of who i am and it's how i conduct myself. i've i have served my nation honorably. the real heroes are the men who saved me and every day i get up and work every day to serve my nation because i've had to make sure that i make the most of the second...
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, despite the numbers seemingly being overwhelmingly against him, it being a midterm year, a lot of latino voters stayed home, and there was a big tea party movements in the corpus area, and he won after a runoff by about 800 or 900 votes. >> cb solomon of -- solomon ortiz senior. >> that's exactly right. yes. but he arrived because first he was inexperienced in the ways of governance or politics at large. he arrives three and half weeks after everybody else did because of the recount, and so i followed a lot of these congressman around to get a sense of the irrational experience, and his was one of the kind of citizen politicians to try as you might can never quite catch up. always just sort of, you know, holding on to the medicine ball for dear life and never kind of getting a top of it. he was -- i mean, he told me he had this recurring nightmare that he was alone in his office and there was no furniture and only a phone that rang and rang and rang and he was never able to get it. he told a group of business lobbyists. you know you have that anxiety. dreams are really big. you know, tha
, despite the numbers seemingly being overwhelmingly against him, it being a midterm year, a lot of latino voters stayed home, and there was a big tea party movements in the corpus area, and he won after a runoff by about 800 or 900 votes. >> cb solomon of -- solomon ortiz senior. >> that's exactly right. yes. but he arrived because first he was inexperienced in the ways of governance or politics at large. he arrives three and half weeks after everybody else did because of the...
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his attack on the veterans that speak about the military service or whether it is his discussions of latinos or his attacks on the president. i am proud of my military service. its product line and and that's how i conduct myself to it i served my nation honorably. i've never called myself a hero and everyday i get up and i work every day to serve my nation because i have that to live up to. i have to make sure that i make the most of the second chance of life that i have and carry with the responsibility. it's up the mission, it's about getting the job done and making sure that you come together and decide for partisan vitriol that comes out, and my opponent is known for that and at "the chicago tribune" said he's a hyper partisan mega mouth. we don't need that in washington. >> moderator: me at the beginning of every town hall that i've had for two and a half years i recognize those that have served and i have called them hero's. the point that i've always tried to make is this great country is struggling right now. to run for congress you need to tell the voters what you believe and where
his attack on the veterans that speak about the military service or whether it is his discussions of latinos or his attacks on the president. i am proud of my military service. its product line and and that's how i conduct myself to it i served my nation honorably. i've never called myself a hero and everyday i get up and i work every day to serve my nation because i have that to live up to. i have to make sure that i make the most of the second chance of life that i have and carry with the...
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when many of our latino families came to the meatpacking plants there was no such buffer. at state level when tom was governor we created iowa centers that helped with all the issues an transition issues to fill the buffer. i think that is really interesting idea. i don't know exactly how you would move it forward but i think it is certainly an interesting thing to contemplate. >> moderator: go ahead. >> one more question on immigration, mr. king, yes or no are you planning to sue, in june you announced you wanted to sue president obama over change in policy that younger people would not be deported for a period of time. are you still planning that lawsuit? >> i believe that the president has violated the constitution just like tom vilsack did when he thought he could legislate by executive order. this president can not legislate by executive edict or memorandum. i intend to follow through on that. i ran into a few barriers because of the election. it was bogging people down. so the answer is yes. >> how soon? where do you stand on that? king: process? >> yes. king: there
when many of our latino families came to the meatpacking plants there was no such buffer. at state level when tom was governor we created iowa centers that helped with all the issues an transition issues to fill the buffer. i think that is really interesting idea. i don't know exactly how you would move it forward but i think it is certainly an interesting thing to contemplate. >> moderator: go ahead. >> one more question on immigration, mr. king, yes or no are you planning to sue,...
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a latino vote that will end up 75 to 25. we have different country. that's part of the racial mix. i think we have time for one more. >> i have something to say about that. i have something to say about everything. [laughter] i'm sorry i know i blab teach. how much time left? five minutes. [inaudible] they can ask you questions when they buy your book. that's right. you can do that. i brought a pen and i'm from kansas, i'm allowed to say that. i brought a pen and i will be signing bocks later. interesting thing. we can see the demographic change in the country are going toward the democrat when you talk to them in d.c. they are so what if we lose or that. we lost the election, you know, and there's, you know, conservative are doing the things. who cares, frank, they say. who cares. the future is ours. democrat will win the election in of the future. the republicans will no doubt twinned things won't stay the same. republicans aren't stupid. and they, you know, they can see what's happening as well as. did you second of all, the power of money. it's the one thing we haven't had a go
a latino vote that will end up 75 to 25. we have different country. that's part of the racial mix. i think we have time for one more. >> i have something to say about that. i have something to say about everything. [laughter] i'm sorry i know i blab teach. how much time left? five minutes. [inaudible] they can ask you questions when they buy your book. that's right. you can do that. i brought a pen and i'm from kansas, i'm allowed to say that. i brought a pen and i will be signing bocks...